Let’s take a detailed look at all the African greats you can add to your Ultimate Team on FIFA 22.
Having an all-time great in your FIFA Ultimate Team not only makes it stronger but also fancier! The feature is so popular that EA Sports adds a few more icons to their list with the release of every new edition.
In FIFA 22, Wayne Rooney, Robin Van Persie, Iker Casillas, and Cafu have been added to the long list of FIFA icons.
This means we get no new African icons in this edition. But why not take a look at which African icons we already have in the game.
4- Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria) – Overall Rating: 90
Okocha is widely considered one of the greatest African midfielders of all time. The Nigerian great won the Africa Cup of Nations with his country’s golden generation in 1994 while also being central to their historic goal medal in the 1996 Atalanta Olympics.
In addition to his excellent dribbling, Okocha was famous for being a ruthless goal-machine. The African great scored four goals for Nigeria in their 2004 AFCON campaign, finishing as the tournament’s top scorer.
• Position: Right midfielder
• Preferred Foot: Right
• Pace: 87
• Dribbling: 94
• Shooting: 83
• Defending: 40
• Passing: 84
• Physical: 60
3- Michael Essien (Ghana) – Overall Rating: 90
It might come as a surprise, but Essien hung his boots just last year. During an illustrious career that spans twenty years, the former Chelsea midfielder has won several domestic and European trophies.
The Ghana legend won back-to-back Ligue 1 titles with PSG in 2004 and 2005 before moving to Chelsea at the peak of his career. At Stamford Bridge, Essien turned into a key player for the Blues’ midfield unit, winning a Champions League title, two Premier League trophies, and three FA Cups.
• Position: Central Defensive Midfielder
• Preferred Foot: Right
• Pace: 85
• Dribbling: 82
• Shooting: 76
• Defending: 90
• Passing: 81
• Physical: 90
2- Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) – Overall Rating: 91
We have another Chelsea legend in second place on the list of top African icons on FIFA 22.
Drogba moved to Chelsea from Marseille in 2004, kick-starting his career as one of the best Premier League strikers of all time.
The Ivorian striker won a Champions League trophy, four Premier League titles, and four FA Cups during his two stints at the London side. He also won the African Footballer of the Year award two times while securing two Premier League Golden Boots.
Drogba was a clinical finisher with incredible shot precision and physicality. The Ivorian legend never managed to win the Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast, but he won the competition’s Golden Boot in 2012.
• Position: Striker
• Preferred Foot: Right
• Pace: 90
• Dribbling: 82
• Shooting: 92
• Defending: 47
• Passing: 77
• Physical: 90
1- Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) – Overall rating: 92
Concluding the list with the best African icon you can choose in FIFA 22, we must look at another deadly finisher.
Samuel Eto’o is the most decorated African footballer of all time. The former striker has won three Champions League titles with Barcelona and Inter, in addition to multiple domestic trophies. With Cameroon, he won two Africa Cup of Nations titles while finishing as the competition’s top-scorer twice.
Eto’o was famous for his great positioning and pace, getting behind the defensive units for surprise attacks. If you add Eto’o to your final third, you will probably never replace him with a modern striker!
• Position: Striker
• Preferred Foot: Right
• Pace: 95
• Dribbling: 90
• Shooting: 93
• Defending: 47
• Passing: 82
• Physical: 83
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